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Natalie Schanne Direct Mail & Seller Meetings Age or Female Gender Response Bias?
3 March 2017 | 10 replies

I'm an experienced engineer, RE agent and investor. I've been sending direct mail - postcards, yellow letters - and have yet to get a property under an off-market contract after 10+ owner / seller meetings. (Sure, I'm...

Lois Ginter This one is for the Ladies
9 February 2016 | 1 reply

I am a woman just starting my venture as a landlord.  I have 25 years of tax, HR, accounting and systems project management experience in Fortune 250 companies from my previous career.  While I know I have much to lea...

Gary M. Test & Control File Selection - Not Significantly Different?
5 September 2018 | 1 reply

Hi i'm new on here and hope that you can help me. I have a target prospects Direct Mail file but I'm testing a new message. I want to make sure that the test and control files are similar and at least do not significa...

Account Closed Is BP just for guys?
13 October 2018 | 56 replies

A recent BP blog article by Scott Trench had the phrase “. . . guys like us here on BiggerPockets . . . “ I commented about the gendered language, because if people don’t realize they’re doing it, it can never change....

Derrick Thomas Discrimination in Real Estate Investment
30 June 2017 | 88 replies

I know this one might get a bit controversial, but I think it's important to have this discussion. I started out investing a bit over a year ago and it was just recently I started experiencing some discrimination once...

Erin Spradlin Women are more risk-averse as investors
6 December 2019 | 41 replies

Women are more risk-averse as investors, and while this is often blamed on a lack of financial literacy, the issue is more one of confidence, not competence: 45% of women with $1 million in investible assets were deem...

Kozette Feaster Female General Contractor?
22 February 2014 | 19 replies

Happy Monday BP. This is my 1st post so please bear with me. I am a licensed realtor inspiring to become a full time investor (buy/hold and PM). What 2 things in the RE world do we hear the most complaints? The abi...

Shama Jones How To Start Investing As a Woman
11 October 2015 | 16 replies

it is well known that investing in real estate is ran by men. There are few women in the industry.  What are some tips for women that want to start investing? 

Joshua Dorkin Anyone else smell any media Bias in Election Coverage?
5 March 2008 | 14 replies

I was wondering what you all thought about how the Media has been handling the Primaries and Caucuses. Personally, I think they are being irresponsible and showing complete bias in their coverage of the various campa...

Anna M. Fair Housing Act – Calling Foul!
29 October 2017 | 24 replies

“The Fair Housing Act is a federal act in the United States intended to protect the buyer or renter of a dwelling from seller o...r landlord discrimination. Its primary prohibition makes it unlawful to refuse to sell,...